1:32 AM,
Oct. 31, 2013

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| Staff report

Florida Tech's men's basketball team hung with the University of Miami at times Wednesday night, falling to the Hurricanes 84-55 in an exhibition game at BankUnited Center.

Chris Carter got on track in the second half, scoring 17 of his 20 points to help the Panthers cut Miami's early lead to 10, but second-chance points allowed the Hurricanes to extend the lead.

"We stressed to our guys that we were better than the performance we put on in the first half," Florida Tech coach Billy Mims said. "Even though Miami lost a lot of guys off of that year's team, they have a lot of guys that take pride in the ...